Rusty but Trusty

It was 1989.  I was in first grade (yes, that makes me youngish).   My teacher found an article in i believe was national geographics…  in short it stated we could buy sections of the rain forest for a dollar an acre.  There were 30 kids in the class and well all brought our dollars in, including myself.  So, we own 30 acres of the rain forest.

So that brings me to my question.  Where’s my land?  I want my title, perhaps a picture of what I own….

Also can i sell my acre?  Do i have easement to it?  I would like to know if it still exists…

I think I finally figured more of it out… what drives me that is from a technology standpoint. I like it. I can’t really figure why, but I was reading digg.com today, as most people in my position probably do… And they were talking about Peter Wright.

Someone made the comment that innovation is what has to guide some people… and I think i’m that person.  I love innovation.  More recently I’ve found myself falling in love over the Apple products… Wanting to watch their “key note releases” and actually partisipating in the sepcuation that is their marketing hype.  Why?  because I’m interested in what they’re doing, and they make me want to know… Just like a good TV Show, they kind of leave you hanging… but like a good TV Show, it’s a good plot.  That good Plot is Innovation.   Today’s “Show Time” release, they mentioned the ‘iTV’.   It’s what I’m interested in.  I really want to turn my mac MINI into a “TiVo” Type box once i replace it in the future…

Innovation… I love it.  I like being creative, and because I can’t draw, or paint, or make cool things, innovation for me, is writing sweet code.  The kind you look at after hours and hours, and say “wholy shit. It’s 14 lines long, but you solved the problem xxx, xxx, xxxx and yyyy couldn’t solve at all in their tenure.”  That’s what it’s about.  The drive to create, innovate, produce… make something that is your own.

Peter goes on to talk about people lacking passion.  The apple band wagon, they have passion… Thats what I think is lacking from the windows movement.  It’s like the dull grey suits… looking around … just waiting for what they’re TOLD will be coming… but nothing.   How can a company release 14 billion different things in two years, yet the other company can only replease 14 billion bug fixes… oh wait.  Thats it… they’re fixing the old stuff still…  I digress.

What i’m trying to say is… I have passion, or rather, i Want to have passion from what I’m doing. I often get lost in all the other things while I’m working.  At least this week I will remember It’s passion for innovation and solving problems that makes me do what i do…

Some how i will remember to remind myself of that… Perhaps I’ll put it on my calander.